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Descriptive Writing

At the moment in class we have been working on descriptive writing. We have been using pictures to give us ideas of what to write about. Here is a piece of writing I did

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Dino Attack

One day as I was walking around I heard a ear deafening roar. It was from a
Pachycephalosaurus,  53 Utahraptor and 96 Rhamphorhynchus. Suddenly
there was a tsunami of 264 mosasaurus covering the horizon. When the
mosasaurus tsunami hit the ground 30 of the mosasaurus broke their bones.

I started to run from the dinosaurs but they were faster than me. Then a
dinosaur ate me but I had a pocket knife and cut out of the dinosaurs neck.

Kereru

Kereru

Kereru are a big bird. Kereru are one of the largest pigeons in the world. Kereru
can way up to 650g and are about 50 cm long. The kereru has feathers on their
back and head that are  green, but look like purple in the sunlight. Kereru have
white feathers on their chest.

Kereru live in forests  in the North and South Island, parks, reserves and gardens
all over New Zealand. The Kereru does not migrate to other places.

Kereru like to eat foliage, bugs and fruit in trees. Kereru are able to eat big fruit
such as miro, tawa and karaka. The flesh around seeds is digested by the Kererus
stomach and eventually the seeds pass through the bird and are planted throughout
the forest with their own manure.

When it is breeding time males do acrobatics in the air to impress the females.  
From september to march the kereru breed. Kereru build flimsy, shallow nests for
their eggs which are built in native trees, well shaded from the sun.  Kereru lay
one egg and the chick is feed on regurgitated ‘pigeon milk’ and later they are feed
fruit pulp.

The Dangers that the kereru face are stoats, rats and possums because they eat the
kereru eggs and young.

By Alex

Volume And Capacity

Where To Next

Where To Next?  Connected, Level 4

Turning Old into New

Literacy

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around us and the negative of positive
impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify and explain some of the issues facing our environment today
• identify some of the negative impacts humans are having on the environment
• identify some positive actions people are taking both here and around the world to try and
• help look after our environment.  
• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own lives to help our
• environment.
• learn about our local bush track and creek and identify some ways in which we can help to
• look after (kaitiakitanga) these areas.

Reading Learning Goals

-I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

-I am learning to use illustrations, text boxes, charts and graphs to help me make inferences so
I get more information from the text.

-I am learning to use more than one text, in print or electronic formats, to gather and check the
accuracy of information.

-I am learning to read a wide range of texts (e.g. encyclopaedias, websites, newspapers)  to
gather and check information on a topic.

-I am learning to explain why the author has written a text.

-I am learning to read and understand text that contains academic and topic-specific vocabulary.

Read the text, ‘Turning Old Into New’ and then complete the following activities.

1. Why is recycling a good idea? Recycling is a good idea because it produces less waste.✔️

2. How many tons of rubbish do New Zealanders send to landfills every year?
3. New Zealanders send 2.5 million tons of waste to landfills ✔️

3. When rubbish breaks down what gas does it produce?  
4. What environmental problem does this contribute to? When rubbish breaks down it
5. produces methane gas which contributes to global warming ✔️

4. Complete this sentence:  Everything we use is made from  Earth's       Natural Resources

5. Explain where these resources come from;

Wood: Comes from trees and plants.

Metal: Comes from rocks that are mined from the ground.

Plastic: Comes from oil.

6) How does oil form? Oil forms from the remains of plants and animals that lived millions of
years ago.

7) What are some of the things glass can be recycled into? glass can be recycled with
aluminium cans to make roads. It can also be added to sports field to drain away water. ✔️

8) What are some of the things cardboard can be recycled into? Cardboard can be recycled
into newsprint, writing paper, toilet paper and egg cartons. ✔️

9) What can plastic with the number 1 be recycled into?

Plastic with the number 1 can be recycled into soft drink bottles, pillow and sleeping bag fillings,
carpet and clothing. ✔️

10)  Attach a google drawing here that explains how number 1 plastics can be turned into clothing.

11) What are microfibres and what is the problem with them?

Microfibres are tiny fibres that come from our clothing and they go through sewers and into the
ocean. ✔️

12) What is Earth Overshoot day?

Earth Overshoot day is a concept created by the Global Footprint Network. It marks the date
each year when people have used all the resources the planet can regenerate in that year. ✔️

Glossary - Write what these words mean

Atoms: The smallest particle of a substance that can exist by itself or be combined with other
atoms to form a molecule.

Carded: (related to fibres) Aligned in the same direction.

Global Warming: A gradual increase in Earth’s average temperature due to increased levels of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Malt: Barley or other grain that has been used for brewing beer.

Natural resources: Materials found in nature that can be used by people, such as air, water,
plants, animals and rocks.

Synthetic: Something that is made by people and is the result of combining different chemicals.

In class we will be working on projects looking at issues around rubbish and what we can do to
help reduce this problem.  

Video Links

NZ Recycling Crises

Diver Filming Swimming Through Plastic

The Pacific Garbage Patch

Reducing Our Waste

Infographic

Where To Next?  Connected, Level 4

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around us and the negative of
positive impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own lives to help our
• environment.

Literacy

Task: Create an infographic showing people how they can reduce their waste
in their lunchbox.   

Our co-constructed success criteria:

-Have a strong title/hook

-Use convincing language and images

-Have simple things people can do

-Use images (free to use)

-Use bullet points/ short sharp information

-Use correct punctuation and spelling.

The Three Little Pigs

Play Summary - Term 3 Weeks 1-2

For the next two weeks you are working in groups to practise and perform a
play. This is using our oral language and reading skills in literacy. Our key
competency focus is participating and contributing.

For writing your task is to summarise the main events in your play in three
paragraphs. You must plan your writing first but it is up to you how you do your
planning.  You must also write a fourth paragraph about your experience of
practising and performing your play.

Yr 6

I am learning to organise my text into paragraphs which begin with a main idea and contain
supporting information/detail.

I am learning to make links across paragraphs.

I am learning to use basic punctuation accurately.

I am learning to use dialogue punctuation accurately.

Ethan bradberry

Yr 7

I am learning to use a range of different planning styles.

I am learning to plan my writing to suit the purpose of my writing.

I am learning to organise my ideas into paragraphs where the ideas are clearly related and
where there are links within and between paragraphs.

I am learning to use basic punctuation accurately in my writing.

I am learning to use complex punctuation to enhance my writing e.g. colons : and
semi-colons ; , and parentheses ().

Tinkie Winkie teletubbies.

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can/have

-summarised the play in three paragraphs

-made links across my paragraphs

-used some basic and complex punctuation correctly (speech marks).

Once you have finished your writing highlight these success criteria green if you have met them
and can show them in your work. Highlight green in your work where you have met these
success criteria.

Three Little Pigs

One day a mother pig tells her three sons Bill, Ben and Bert to go find a home. The sons went
to find a place to build a house. Bill says,”I'm going to build a house of straw.” Ben says,”I’m
going to build a house of sticks.” Bert says,”I’m going to build a house of bricks. So the three
pigs started to build their houses.

Not long after the three pigs finish their houses a wolf comes to town. A Wolf knocked on the
door of Bills house. The Wolf said,”Little pig little pig let me in.” Bill says,”Not by the hair of my
chinny chin chin”. So the wolf blows Bills house down. Bill runs to Ben's house and then the
same process happened again.

Bill and Ben ran to Berts house and told Bert what happened. Bert let them stay at his house
but along came the BIG BAD WOLF. The big bad wolf tried to blow berts house down but failed.
The wolf started to climb on top of the house so then he can go down the chimney but Bert has
an idea. Bert put a big pot of boiling water on the fire. The wolf suddenly appeared down the
chimney but then got burnt in the boiling water and ran away and the three little pigs never saw
him again.

I think that as a team we did very well. We participated and contributed by not arguing about
who we were, we would listen to everybody's idea. I think that our performance was very good.
Next time I think I could improve on having more of a howl.